Saw-swaging machine



(No Model.)

T. CREBBN.

SAW SWAGING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. EL 1887.

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THOMAS CREBBIN, OF LUTHER, MICHIGAN.

SAW-SVVAGNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,420, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed July 1886.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CREBBIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at the village of Luther, in thecounty of Lake and State of Michigan, have invented a new and. usefulMachine for Swaging MillSaws, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine consisting of a strong framework andsuitable devices for holding the saw in position, s0 that each saw-toothmay be operated upon or swaged by means of pressure produced by means ofa lever, as morefully described hereinalter; and the objects of myinvention are, first, to enable the operator to swage the sawteeth withgreat rapidity, and, second, to swage all the teeth uniformly, therebyproducing the best possible results in preparing the saw for use. Theseobjects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of theoperating` mechanism of my invention with the framework removed so as toshow moreclearly the position of the saw when being operated upon. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention on line X X of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the complete machine. Fig. 4 is a detachedsectional View of the adjustable plate, showing the position of theswage-iron resting therein.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.-

A represents the frame-work of the machine, which is composed of iron orother snitablema terial.

B is a circular saw held in position to be 0perated upon.

C is the swage iron or anvil.

I) is an adjustable plate,having an opening for the reception of thesWage-iron. I use two of these plates, one at either side of theframe-work, and so attached as to be adj ustable, in order to bring theswage-iron to the proper angle or position for the reception of thesaw-tooth.

E is the swage-hammer.

F and G is an arm constructed in two parts so as to be adjustedlongitudinally, which adjustment may be accomplished in any suitablemanner. I have shown it adjustable by means Serial No. 169, '67. (Xometh-1.)

of set screws. The swage hammer is supported in the arm F G, as shown inFig. 2.

T- is a rod or bar used in connection with the arm F G, for the purposeof giving the arm longitudinal adjustment.

I is an eccentric lever turning on a strong bolt, as shown.

M is a coilspring between thearmF Gand the lower part of the framework,its function being to hold the end of the arm FfG at all times incontact with the eccentric arm I.

H H are braces.

K is an arm, one end of which is attached to the frame-work ofthemachine by means of a bolt or pin, and the other end is attached to thearbor of the circular saw.

M is the saw-arbor.

O is a gib, and N is akey used to attach the arm K to the saw-arbor. Thearm K is adj ustable longitudinally,in order t0 adapt it t0 saws ofdifferent size. L is also an adjustable arm, attached at one end to theframe A. The other end of the arm Lis attached tothe lever It by meansofthe eccentric bolt P.

S and S are screws supported by the frame A, one at either side, and areused to adjust and hold the saw in proper position.

U is a crank attached to the screw S.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The saw is placed withinthe frame, so that the saw-tooth rests upon the swage-iron, as shown inFig. 2. The arm K is then adjusted to the saw-arbor so as to hold thesaw in position. The eccentric bolt Pis then placed upon the tooth, andthe lever R pressed downward, which holds the saw-tooth firmly upon theswage-iron, the saw having been adjusted and clamped between the screwsS and S. The lever I is then lowered,which presses the swage hammer uponthe saw-tooth, attening or swaging the saw-tooth into the requiredshape. This operation is applied to every tooth of the saw, when thework is complete.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In asaw-swaging machine, the combination of an adjustable anvil orswage-iron for the reception of the saw-tooth, a hammer, an arm adaptedto hold the hammer and to beadjusted longitudinally so as to bring thehammer IOO tothe required position with reference to the saw-tooth, aneccentric lever adapted to give the required pressure upon the hammer toform or swage the saw-tooth, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a sawswaging inachine, ofthe frame of themachine, the swageiron adapted to receive the tooth of the saw, an adjustable'arm adapted to engage with the saw-arbor and hold the sawagainst the swageiron, an adjustable arm provided With an eccentric boltand a lever, said adjustable arm adapted to hold the bolt in positionupon the upper side of the saw-tooth, and the lever adapted to turn theeccentric' bolts so as to draw the periphery of the saw toward thestrage-iron and hold the tooth firmly thereon, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a saW-swaging machine, the combination of the frame adapted toreceive the saw, the swage-iron supported in the adjustable plates D D,adapted to be adjusted to any required angle for the purpose ofreceiving the saw'tooth, substantially as described.

with the hammer E, anvil C, eccentric lever I,

and spring,` M', all constructed as described.

6. Thefollowing parts in combination, Viz: the frame A, swage-iron C,eccentric lever I, arms L and K, eccentric bolt I), and lever R, allsubstantially as described.

7. The adjustable arm F G in combination with the hammer E, anvil C,eccentric I, spring M', and screws S S, all substantially as described.

THOMAS CREBBIN.

Witnesses:

WILL E. L. SPRAGUE, MAURICE A. REED.

